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Subject :Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 08:50:06
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Subject :Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 09:05:10
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| wx5u |
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The user name is usually "root," unless you've done something strange.
Once you're logged in with failsafe mode, you can probably look in /etc/password and all the user names will be there. (Maybe. That's the standard Linux setup, I haven't tried it on one of our routers.)
If you've somehow set another user name, you could probably change root's password, and then log in as root and figure out what user ID's are on the router. Or just reload with the Installing Firmware with TFTP instructions. (Toward the bottom of the page.)
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Subject :Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 11:11:48
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| KD4E |
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Thanks for the assist.
I used "less passwd" in /etc
The only content refers to "nobody:*" followed by a five digit number twice then "nobody" again.
What's it trying to tell me, please?
Thanks again, David |
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Subject :Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 11:42:35
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Subject :Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 11:48:33
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| KD4E |
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There isn't a httpd.conf file in /etc
Does that mean my old hsmm-mesh install has been corrupted?
Perhaps I need to just reset the router to factory and install bbhn from there? |
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Subject :Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 12:11:00
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Subject :Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 12:22:14
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| KD4E |
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See what happens when one looks at the clutter and ignores the important text on the screen?
Sigh ... that was it.
BTW: A 30 second reset does nothing to the router. Interesting. First router updated to BBHN second in-progress ...
Thanks!
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Subject :Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 12:27:51
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Subject :Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 13:19:11
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The 30-30-30 reset rule does NOT work with OpenWRT as there is no code in the "BIOS" nor the kernel to handle the WRT54G's reset button. I believe that it works for DD-WRT because their "BIOS" is different. (I know it's not a "BIOS" per se but most everyone understands that to be low-level code for the basic hardware.) |
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Subject :Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 13:20:46
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| KD4E |
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Both routers are again talking to each other ... isn't reconciliation & restoration awesome?
:-)
Anyhow, next is to test some apps ... data, text, voice ...
The Atlanta group is planning a demo at the Stone Mtn Fest in November - I plan to be there with these & have a Trendnet TV-IP110 camera I believe is supposed to work with BBHN.
Sure appreciate the assist here on the Forum! |
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Subject :Re:Re:Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 13:33:44
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"Yeah, yeah, what he said!" as he struggled to understand it all. :-)
That's actually very helpful to understand as I had thought that the router always had some low-level code below the OS which the 30-30-30 and 30-second resets addressed. You all are giving me an education here! Thanks! David
[ae5ae 2013-09-01- 13:19:11]: The 30-30-30 reset rule does NOT work with OpenWRT as there is no code in the "BIOS" nor the kernel to handle the WRT54G's reset button. I believe that it works for DD-WRT because their "BIOS" is different. (I know it's not a "BIOS" per se but most everyone understands that to be low-level code for the basic hardware.) |
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Subject :Safe Mode Change User Name?..
2013-09-01- 14:36:22
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If you just want to get the router back to a known state, the TFTP install is a bigger hammer and will probably get you into some routers that are too screwed up to log in to. It works better if you're using a linux box, but it should work from Windoze as well.
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